Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, speaks with members of Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT), during a Dec. 5, 2025, fundraising dinner to support of Christians in the Holy Land at St. John's Resort in Plymouth, Michigan. (photo: Courtesy of Detroit Catholic, photos by Tim Fuller)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed Berlin's support for Israel during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Sunday before talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel often brings its crises to other countries and tries to evade taking responsibility for the "horrifying massacres it committed in Gaza," Sharaa told the crowds.

Israel will open an Economic Attaché Office in Buenos Aires next year to deepen trade and boost Israeli investment in the Latin American ally, said Gideon Sa'ar.

Israel had agreed to open the Rafah crossing as part of the October cease-fire deal with Hamas but kept it closed. Egypt denied that the border would reopen soon.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz flew into Israel Saturday for his first visit since taking office, and reaffirmed Berlin’s support after traditionally solid ties between the countries were shaken by the Gaza war.

On December 6, 2017, during my first term in office, I proudly signed a proclamation to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to

The Guinness World Records officially revealed on Wednesday that it would no longer accept submissions from Israel or the Palestinian territories because of what the organization described as the

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel says she will march from her hometown of Kfar Saba to Jerusalem carrying an Israeli flag as an act of protest against the proposed bill regulating ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions. Haskel calls on reservists to join her on the march.